Rebuilding the home server on a mini PC
Swapped the old tower for a fanless mini PC. Idle power dropped from 65W to 9W, and the living room is finally quiet again. Next step: migrate the photo archive and set up off-site backups.
Notes on running a small weather station
An ESP32, a BME280 and a shaded corner of the balcony. Data lands in a local database every ten minutes; the graphs are embarrassingly satisfying for such cheap hardware.
Mechanical keyboard, second attempt
Lubed the switches, swapped in PBT keycaps, and finally understand why people write essays about foam. Typing this on it now, obviously.